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Tamil superstar Rajinikanth has asked his fans to be battle-fit and be ready for war when it comes. The statement on May 19 has
indicated that Rajinikanth could take the plunge into politics ahead of the next general elections.

The Third Annual Vijay Television Awards will be aired by the channel on May 21 and 28, 2017. The programmes would go on air on the two Sundays, 4 p.m., onwards. Celebrities from the film industry honoured the extraordinary talents from small screen industry.

Tamil superstar Rajinikanth, as is customary prior to the release of his film, deliberately threw hints about a possible political entry but
made it clear that he would not support those who tried to make money from politics, and asked his fans not be disappointed if he
did not enter politics.

'Thala' Ajith's Vivegam teaser has crossed 6 million views in just 12 hours, breaking all kinds of records. From dimly lit silhouettes,
shots of a man vrooming away on a mobike, facing bullets, Ajith looks fit and raring to go in this Tamil spy thriller.

Fans of Superstar Rajinikanth will have an opportunity to meet him during a 5-day stint in Chennai from May 15. Although
Rajinikanth has denied any move to enter politics, his fans are mounting pressure on him to take the plunge, taking advantage of the
present political situation after the death of AIADMK leader J Jayalalithaa.

Shruti Haasan turned a year older on January 28, and to celebrate her special day, the actress called over a few friends from the industry to join in the celebrations. The star hosted a small birthday bash at her father Kamal Haasan's house which was attended by a few celebs from the Tamil film industry.

It's virtually the end of an era and the dawn of a new one as Yahoo would rename itself as Altaba, while its chief executive officer Marissa Mayer would step down from the board once its deal is through with Verizon Communications.

The Supreme Court on January 12 dismissed a plea to lift the ban on the bull-taming sport of Jallikattu, a day after the AIADMK and the Tamil Nadu chief minister O Panneerselvam urged the Centre to issue an ordinance to allow the sport, removing bulls from the list of animals prohibited from being exhibited or trained as performing animals.

It is not as if the history of Chennai began 500 or 300 years ago: burial urns of pre-historic era have been unearthed along the Adyar banks, said Dr R Nagaswamy, former Director of Archaeology. Chennai is an extremely ancient city, he pointed out.

Violinist M Lalitha presents a programme on music instruments Tutari, Sringa, Kombu and Jewish Shofar at the Arkay Convention Centre in Chennai on September 19, 2014, as part of the series on Musical Instruments In Divinity.